Domesticity doesn't come to Near naturally.  Cookies and tea, however, do.  So does toast, and fruite, and so does being nice to A.  So the domesticity worms its way in through all that this morning, when he sneaks back into bed after having set the tray with their breakfast on the bedside table.  Everything that could get cold is wrapped up and ( Read more... )

Mihael? Are you home?

*Poking into the room he hasn't actually been sharing with them since the friday conversation with A- after which this thread occurs.*

Sometime after this Friday with A, Near can be found knocking on Light's door. It's strange that the person he knows who gives the best advice happens to be a Kira-double.

But perfect, really, in a sort of 'grand irony' sense.

PLAYER
» Journal: knights_say_nih
» Birthdate/Age: July 31st, 1989. 19 years old.

CHARACTER
» Name: Edmund, Illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester
» Fandom: King Lear, by William Shakespeare
» Reference: A wiki article.
» Canon Point: Act 1, Scene 2. Immediately before hatching his plan.
» Gender: Male and male.
» Orientation: It’s my belief that Edmund is ( Read more... )

[TIMESKIPPED to after the bodyswap plot.]

I'd like to speak to the Assistant, please.

*He has a hard time falling asleep, when he can see. There's always too much to look at. He never wants to close his eyes, in case they don't open again.

Still, it happens eventually.*

*Here we go again. Near is settled on a chair in the kitchen, curled up with a cup of lukewarm jasmine tea in his hands. It's slowly going colder. He also has a novel, which he reaches out to read every few sips, fingers skimming the Braille and absorbing at a tremendous rate, because he's Near ( Read more... )

*There's an oh-so-casual knock on the door. As though he just happened to be dropping by.

Right.*

Go away, you're dead.

*Yes, it's his birthday.  No, he doesn't want to talk about it.  He just wants his tea.*